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Travel Guide For Cairo
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Cairo isn't a gentle city. Home to more than 16 million Egyptians, Arabs, Africans and sundry others, the 'Mother of the World' is an all-out assault on the senses. Chaotic, noisy, polluted, totally unpredictable and seething with people, the sheer intensity of the city will either seduce or appal.
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The Egyptian Antiquities Museum
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Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Although an incredible amount of Ancient Egyptian remains appear to have migrated across the world, appropriated on somewhat dubious credentials by the nations who funded the vast sweep of digs in the 19th century, the Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Cairo has managed to keep hold of some of the country's finest treasures. Now a century old, even more treasures have been dug up from its bowels for viewing.
The Sphinx
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The Pyramids at Giza, Cairo
The enigmatic Sphinx has strong claims to being the most famous (and possibly the oldest) surviving structure in the whole of Egypt. The majestic beast is carved from one vast block of limestone. With the body of a lion and a human head thought to be that of the Pharoah Khafre, the beautiful Sphinx is 240 feet long and 66 feet tall.
The Pyramids at Giza
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The Pyramids at Giza, Cairo
The only one of the Seven Wonders of the World still left standing, the three pyramids of Giza, part of the necropolis of Memphis, are a sight which dwarfs even the proudest of modern buildings. The Pyramids are also home to the Sphinx, perhaps the best known monument in the whole of Egypt.
Cairo Opera House
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Cairo Opera House, Cairo
The Cairo Opera House was opened in 1988, 17 years after the city's first opera house burnt down. It has a main hall seating 1200 people, a smaller hall seating 500 and an outdoor theatre seating 600, with the most sophisticated technical and stage facilities in Africa and the Middle East.
Coptic Museum
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Coptic Museum, Cairo
More than an archive of Coptic history, the Coptic Museum offers a case study in the formative years of a major religion that grew, intermingled, and sometimes borrowed from that of an ancient religion that it was replacing.
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